Track Day October 4th

[Zaster]

Cloner raises hand.....obviously.

I know that Steve from MotoAuthority is coming....and I think I remember Kris saying he's coming out.

Should be fun!!

Was good to see you out there
Here are some pics of the event for the folks that couldn't make it:

Cloner under the American flag:


A couple of passing pictures, Cloner doing the passing:









New Beemer......and with rider in the background

[kingbaby]

those are great shots Karl 

I wonder how the guy felt with the R6 they stole the body work off of.   

And yes, I know, I know... It's fast I'm sure, but doesn't BMW have enough $ to build a bike that looks a little different?

[Zaster]

those are great shots Karl 

I wonder how the guy felt with the R6 they stole the body work off of.   

And yes, I know, I know... It's fast I'm sure, but doesn't BMW have enough $ to build a bike that looks a little different?

My thoughts exactly.....I wish they could have made their own mark and show some innovation. The paint scheme doesn't do it any favors either.

[Cloner]

Glad you could come out, Karl.  It was good to see your German friend, again, too.  I can't remember his name though.  That's embarrassing.

It was good to see you, too, JJ.  That Tricolore is looking better every time I see it.

As to the track day, it was the bomb.  I rode all but one session, as I missed the last one.  I got pretty tired toward the end of the day and made a pretty serious mistake in turn two setting up for three.  I usually set my foot on the shifter and preload it so that I only need to fan the clutch for the downshift.  Well, on this lap I guess I was too tired to hold my frikkin' foot up (actually, I lost concentration...but tired sounds better), because I loaded the shifter too much and it downshifted whilst I was still leaned over.  This error resulted in the rear stepping out substantially to my left.  I decided that, discretion being the better part of valor, I should pack up whilst still intact.  My hands are still aching.  What a blast!!

The cool news is that I can now wholeheartedly endorse Pirelli Diablo Rosso rubber.  The tires gripped like mad, and when they did slide (even due to ham-fisted treatment like the turn-two-leaned-over downshift) they did so predictably and ran back into line with minimum effort.  I wasn't riding really hard, so I didn't move the front at all!  That's rare for this fat man, as I tend to load the front more than most folks.

That was the last trackday for the year.  I hope to see some of you out next year!